Convertible tourist and automobile cap.



PATENTED JUNE 28, 1904.

R. FOX. CONVERTIBLE TOURIST AND AUTOMOBILE GAP.

APPLICATION FILED APB. I 1904.

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APPLICATION fILED APR 1, 1904.

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UNITED STATES ROBERT FOX, on NEW ROCHELLE,

Patented June as, 1904.

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NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO sAKs &

COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

CONVERTIBLE TOURIST AND AUTOMOBILE CAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 763,602, dated June 28, 1904.

Application filed April 1, 1904. Serial No. 201,135. (No model.) i I Q To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT Fox, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New Rochelle, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Convertible Tourist and Automobile Caps, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in convertible tourist and automobile caps, and has for its object to provide acap of the above character which may be quickly and easily converted from a cap which to all outward appearance is a tourists cap into an automobile-cap which is practically ahead-covering, portions of the cap being used for protecting the upper and lower portions of the face and the sides of the head of a wearer.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents in top plan the cap when used as a tourist-cap. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical central section through the cap. Fig. 4 is a rear view of the same, a portion of the outer band being broken away to show the position of the mask when folded beneath the said band when not in use. Fig. 5 is a face view of the cap when used as an automobile-cap. Fig. 6 is a side view of the same; and Fig. 7 is a longitudinal vertical central section through the cap, showing the vizor folded within the cap, as when not in use.

The body of the cap is denoted by 1, and the vizor, which is secured along the front of the cap, by 2. A portion of the cap normally overhangs the vizor when the cap is used as a tourist-cap and forms a pocket 3. A band 4 extends along the sides and back of the cap and may have a narrow portion 5 extending along the front of the cap. This band is secured to the bottom of the cap along the sides and front of the same, but is separated from the cap along the back thereof. This band 4 is provided with side flaps 6 and 7, which are fitted to overlap the top of the cap when it is used as a tourist-cap. These flaps may be secured together over the top of the cap by suitable fastening devices 8.

The mask 9 is secured along one edge to the back of the cap in position to fold beneath the band 4 when not in use, but permitted tobe unfolded therefrom anddepend from the cap when the cap is to be used as an automobile-cap. This mask is provided with the usual eyeglasses 10, and strips of soft material 11such, for instance, as furmay be secured to the inner face of the mask for preventing the same from chafing the face of the wearer when the mask is in use.

A suitable fastening device 12 serves to hold the back of the band 4 against sagging when the cap is used as an automobile-cap.

When the cap is to be used as an automobile-cap, the vizor may be folded up within the cap, as shown in Fig. 7 The band 4 may then be unfolded, and the mask 9 may be swung down into its depending position. The cap is then placed upon the head in reverse position, and the mask will serve to protect the upper portion of the face of the wearer, while the band 4 will protect the lower portion of the face and also the sides of the head of the wearer. The flaps 6 and 7 may be secured together at the back of the head of the wearer, if so desired.

It will be seen from the above description that the cap practically presents two caps in one. It is readily convertible either into a cap which presents all the appearance of an ordinary tourist-cap or into a thoroughly-protective head-covering, as an automobile-cap.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. A convertible tourist and automobile cap having a vizor and mask secured to its front and back respectively, the vizor being fitted to be folded out of the way within the cap when the mask is in use.

2. A convertible tourist and automobile cap having a vizor and mask secured to its front and back respectively, the mask being fitted to be folded up out of the way when not in use and the vizor being fitted to be folded out of the way within the cap when the mask is in use.

having a vizor and mask secured to its front and back respectively and a band extending along the sides and back of the cap, the mask being fitted to be folded out of the way beneath the band when not in use.

4. Aconvertibletouristand automobile cap having a vizor and mask secured to its front and back respectively and a band extending along the sides and back of the cap, the mask being fitted to be folded out of the way beneath the band When not in use and the vizor being fitted to be folded out of the way Within the cap when not in use.

5. Aconvertible touristand automobile cap having a vizor and mask secured to its front and back respectively, and a band extending along the sides and back of the cap, the said band being fitted to be turned down to protect the sides of the head and lower portion of the face of the wearer and the mask being fitted to be turned down to protect the upper portion of the face.

6. A convertible tourist and automobile cap 7 being fitted to be turned down to protect the sides of the head and the lower portion of the Y face of the wearer, the mask being fitted to be turned down to protect the upper portion of the face and the vizor being fitted to be folded out of the way within the cap when not in use. V

7 A convertible tourist and automobile cap having a vizor and mask secured to its front and backrespectively, a band extending along the sides and back of the cap, the said band being fitted to be turned down to protect the sides of the head and the lower portion of the face of the wearer, flaps projecting from the band and fitted to extend around the back of the head of the wearer and the mask being fitted to be turned down to protect the upper portion of the face.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in pres- ROBERT Fox.

Witnesses FREDK. HAYNES, HENRY THIEME. 

